Yǎgèshū 3:7

7 Gè leì de zǒushòu , fēi qín , kūnchóng , shuǐzú , bĕnlái dōu kĕyǐ zhìfú , yĕ yǐjing beì rén zhìfú le .

Yǎgèshū 3:7 Meaning and Commentary

James 3:7

For every kind of beasts, and of birds
Or the "nature" of them, as it is in the Greek text; however fierce, as beasts of prey are, or shy, as the fowls of the air be:

and of serpents and things in the sea;
the fishes there:

is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind,
or "by human nature": by the wit and industry of man; by the various ways, means, and methods devised by man. So Pliny ^F12 relates, that elephants lions and tigers among beasts, and the eagle among birds, and crocodiles, asps, and other serpents, and fishes of the sea, have been tamed: though some think this is only to be understood of their being mastered and subdued, by one means or another; or of their being despoiled of their power, or of their poison: and the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, "subjected to human nature".

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 9. 16, 17. & 10. 5, 44.

Yǎgèshū 3:7 In-Context

5 Zhèyàng , shétou zaì bǎi tǐ lǐ yĕ shì zuì xiǎo de , què néng shuō dàhuà . kàn nǎ , zuì xiǎo de huǒ néng diǎn zhaó zuì dà de shùlín .

6 Shétou jiù shì huǒ , zaì wǒmen bǎi tǐ zhōng , shétou shì ge zuìè de shìjiè , néng wūhuì quán shēn , yĕ néng bǎ shēngmìng de lúnzi diǎn qǐlai , bìngqiĕ shì cóng dìyù lǐ diǎn zhe de .

7 Gè leì de zǒushòu , fēi qín , kūnchóng , shuǐzú , bĕnlái dōu kĕyǐ zhìfú , yĕ yǐjing beì rén zhìfú le .

8 Wéidú shétou méiyǒu rén néng zhìfú , shì bù zhǐxī de ĕ wù , mǎn le haì sǐ rén de dúqì .

9 Wǒmen yòng shétou sòngzàn nà wéi zhǔ wéi fù de , yòu yòng shétou zhòuzǔ nà zhào zhe shén xíngxiàng beì zào de rén .